Bulldogs take down Johnston City

The CWC Bulldogs had a meeting with the Johnston City Indians last Friday. But lightning in the area and a heavy downpour caused a rescheduling to Monday night.

The Bulldogs premiere on Monday night was to a standing room only Indian crowd, but CWC silenced them early. The Bulldogs won the game 42-12.

The field position game is important for success, and CWC was given good field position all night from Johnston City mental mistakes and penalties.

The Bulldogs hit the end zone first, with Ryan Farr taking a four-yard run in for six with 7:31 to go in the first. The two-point conversion run by Farr was good and CWC took an 8-0 lead.

In the following possession, Indian running back Jory Kee broke free of the Bulldog defense and hit the afterburners, taking a 55-yard run to the house and cutting the Bulldog lead to 8-6.

The Bulldogs added another touchdown run, a 10-yard run by Dylan Rankin with 3:36 to go in the first. Farr added another two points and Carmi took a 16-6 lead into the second quarter.

In the second quarter, Chase Sailer introduced himself to the crowd.

Sailer kicked the quarter off with a 33-yard touchdown run with 11:49 on the clock. Sailer would add two more before halftime, a one-yard run plus a two-point conversion by Rankin at 7:42 and a two-yard run at 1:18.

The Bulldogs took a 36-6 lead into the half.

In the second half, the Bulldogs were content on draining the clock, but still playing solid defense.

Neither team scored in the third quarter. Sailer scored his fourth rushing touchdown with 7:54 left to go in the fourth, an 11-yard run for a 42-6 lead.

Kee would run a four-yard run in for Johnston City with 1:30 left to go, getting the final points of the game.

The Bulldogs did surrender 219 yards on the ground, with Kee rushing for 97 yards on 10 carries. However, one of those carries was the breakthrough that gave him a 55-yard score.

Sailer led the Bulldog rushing attack with 13 carries for 107 yards. Rankin broke the century mark with 15 carries for 100-yards.

Sailer only passed the ball four times with two completions for 26 yards.

Jake Russell, Josh Burtis and Stephen Quitugua all had seven total tackles to lead the team on defense.

CWC won the turnover battle 2-0 with Burtis and Dakota Jolley both maiking interceptions. Burtis ran his back 38 yards.

Coach Kurt Simon was proud of his team's performance in the win.

"I thought we had an overall good performance," said Simon. "We had a rough week of practice this past week and these guys came out and played hard."

With the game being moved to Monday, the Bulldogs with have a short time to prepare for their game this Friday.

"Tuesday is typically a heavy day of practice for us," said Simon. "Now it will be a half-padded practice. The guys will be ready to play another tough team this Friday though."

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